Huckberry (Sponsor)

With the holiday shopping season in full swing there is no better store than Huckberry to help you cross those items off your shopping list. Huckberry has been a long time supporter of The Pen Addict and I am very excited to have them as a sponsor this week.

Huckberry's team of writers, designers, and doers brings you the coolest gear from around the world at the best prices. Pens and paper are a main part of their offerings, including some of my favorite machined pens: The Mover from Tactile Turn and the Render K from Karas Kustoms. These pens feature high quality construction and tight tolerances that make for an awesome writing experience.

You need something to capture all of your brilliant ideas in too, right? How about Huckberry's own specially designed Word. Notebook, featuring a compass logo on the front cover and only available at Huckberry.

I could write for days about all of the incredible products Huckberry stocks. I bought my first Topo Designs backpack from them years ago, and they carry other quality brands such as Danner, Fjällräven, Woolrich, and many, many more.

Huckberry does things the right way, including creating the one email newsletter you will actually want to receive in your inbox. It is that good, and so are they. Sign up for Huckberry today (it's free!) and experience shopping the way it is meant to be.

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Jotter - History Of An Icon

One of the blind spots in the knowledge base contained between my ears is pen history. I'm up to speed on the modern pen market, but anything earlier than the 1980's I'm digging for information and hitting up my pen friends. Information isn't always easy to come by, so getting to check out a great reference book like Jotter - History of an Icon is a treat. My thanks to Pen Addict reader Todd for letting me borrow this amazing book.

What you will find within the 330 pages of this book is the story of the Parker Jotter, from its creation, through its heyday, to its current status up to 2010. The pictures alone are worth the price of admission, showing rare and unique images of the Jotter that I had no idea even existed. The Jotter was completely ingrained into society in the late 50's and 60's and it is cool to see the crazy designs and uses the Parker company came up with. You weren't Don Draper unless you left a branded Jotter behind for your customers.

The only downside of this book is it is tough to come by. There look to be a couple of sources here and here if you want to try and hunt one down. It will run you around $70, which is more than fair considering how well done it is. I enjoyed my time with it and when I start my pen library it will be on the short list for sure.

Pilot Elite 95S Fountain Pen Giveaway

How awesome was your Fountain Pen Day? Mine was pretty great, but then again, nearly every day is fountain pen day at my house. I am happy to be able to make someone else's fountain pen day a great one too. The winner of the Pilot Elite 95S is:

Congrats Jimmy! You have one week to get in touch. I hope your plane lands soon!